Necktie construction



June 28, 1955V 1 wElsBAUM ETAL 2,711,540

NECKTIE CONSTRUCTION Filed Deo. 2', 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEYS.

June 28, 1955 J. wElsBAuM ET Al.

NECKTIE CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 2. 1952 NECKTIE CNSTRUCTION Jack Weisbaum and Harry J. Weisbaum, Cincinnati, Ohio Application December 2, 1952, Serial No. 323,544

1 Claim. (Cl. 2--145) Our invention relates to improvements in necktie construction wherein in the construction of the tie a loop or band is formed in the material of a back fold or folds of a necktie of the four-in-hand type for retaining the small end of the tie free from displacement after the tie is tied about the collar of the wearer.

The narrow inner end portions of a four-in-hand tie, if left loose and free of the main broad end portion of the tie, often becomes twisted, distorted and exposed to view. It is an object of our invention to provide a fourin-hand tie construction of the folded or side seam type wherein a pair of spaced slits properly edged forms a band within one or more of the back folds of the broad end of the tie to receive the narrow tie end and to hold it from displacement during the wearing of the tie.

The use of a band or bar of tape or ribbon stitched I to the rear face of the broad end of a four-in-hand tie is not new. Such construction is shown, for example, in the Nuzum Patent No. 1,291,090 of January 14, 1919. To the best of our knowledge such construction in which strips of ribbon or tape are stitched to the rear face of the broad end of a tie requires expensive manufacturing operations on each tie, and if the tie band tears off at one side the device no longer has any utility and is likely to look unsightly.

Our objective is to provide an adequate indestructible tie retaining bar or band formed in the back folds of the tie material itself both to provide a sturdy construction, and a self contained method for aligning the large and small ends of the tie which eliminates the need for separate clips or fasteners. It is also to provide a tie retaining bar of adequate width so that the wearer will form the habit, in tying his tie, to slip the short end through the bar or band.

Our new construction is particularly adapted for use in combination with the four-fold patented tie construction of U. S. Patent No. 2,051,322 now reissued as Re. 20,942 of December 6, 1938, but is adapted for use with other types of folded tie construction, whether the tie be lined or unlined as long as the tie has a side seam. Thus it is particularly adapted for use in the construction of four-fold patented ties, such as that disclosed in the Weisbaum Re. 20,942, but may also be used with five-fold ties, seven-fold ties or ties with any number of folds and includes the so-called reversible ties which are stitched on the side.

Various efforts have been made in the past to incorporate single slits or openings in the back folds of center seam ties such for example as are disclosed in the Klunk Patent No. 1,836,925 and the Caridis Patent No. 1,872,- 118, but as far as we are aware, such constructions have never met with favorable public reception.

We disclaim our construction therefore as applied to a center seam tie. Our construction is limited to use in a four-in-hand tie in which the rear fold is of adequate width to provide an integrally formed bar or band of adequate width to be practically serviceable so that the wearer experiences no difficulty in making full use of the improved arent O ICC construction with no Waste of time. It is our object to form this bar during the construction of the tie.

The foregoing objects and other objects to which further reference will be made in the specification following, we accomplish by that preferred construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings as applied to several different types of ties.

in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a tie blank for a four-fold tie.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of a set of pressing plates for creasing the tie fold lines for preparing the blank for manufacture of the tie shown in the I ack Weisbaum Patent No. 2,441,654 plus added members for creasing one or more of the back folds laterally to indicate the position of the slits to be subsequently inserted.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the creased blank.

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of a modification showing the large end of a tie blank with one back fold folded over.

Figure 5 is a lateral sectional view along the lines 5 5 in Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view along the lines 6 6 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary View showing one modification of tie after the slitting and edging operation, in this instance the band being formed in only one of the folds.

Figure 8 is a sectional View along the lines 8-8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the back of a fourfold tie manufactured in accordance with our invention.

Figure l0 is a lateral sectional view along the lines 10-10 of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a longitudinal sectional view along the line 11 of Figure 9.

Figure 12 is a rear perspective View showing the appearance of the tie when tied with the narrow inner end of the tie tucked inside the band or bar.

Figure 13 is a sectional view along the lines 13-13 in Figure 12.

Figure 14 is a lateral sectional View along the lines 14-14 of Figure 4.

Figure l5 is an enlarged fragmentary View of a moditied application of our invention in which two folds will be edged.

Figure 16 is a sectional View along the lines 16-16 of Figure 15.

Figure 17 is an enlarged sectional View indicating the position of the narrow inner end of the tie in position within the holding band.

Generally indicated at 1 is a piece of fabric called the tie blank with hemmed edges 2 and 3 at the pointed ends of the tie.

For preparing the tie for the folding, bar tacking and slitting operation a series of blanks are placed in a press having a lower press plate 4 and upper press plate 5. The upper press plate is provided with upwardly and outwardly fluted dies 6 which lit within inwardly recessed dies 7 to form crease lines 8 dividing the tie into the front exposure portion or panel 9, the doubly folding parts 10, 10A and the single folding part 11 on the opposite side.

Indentations 12 are formed in the blank by dies 13 to indicate the position for the bar tack stitches and for the spaced slitted and edged portions the blank is indented at the indentations 14 by laterally arranged dies 15.

In performing the slitting and edging operation there are edging machines on the market which first perform a series of stitching or hemming operations on both sides of the line where the slit is to occur. The particular type of machine used forms no part of this invention.

The operator feeds the fabric, for example, the blank in flat form as shown in Figure 3 to the edging machine where two parallel rows of stitching 16 are applied to each of the indentations 14. The machine then inserts a cut 17 through the fabric of the fold between the parallel rows of stitching and the slitted portions assume the appearance shown in the sectional view in Figure 11. It will be noted that a band or bar 18 is provided in the outermost of the folds which forms the back of the necktie. The bar or band may, however, be formed through two folded layers of the back as shown in Figure l5. In this instance the panel 10A and/or also the panel 10 may be provided with indentations 14A (Figure 4) to indicate the position of the edging and slitting operations. When this construction is made the operator irst folds over theV innermost fold 10A on the outermost fold 10 and then applies the edging 16A and the slits 17A extending through the folded layers forming the bar or band 18A.

After the stitched edging and spaced slits are inserted in the tie blank during the assembling or making of the tie, the tie is turned right side out and bar tack stitches 19 are inserted unless it is bar tacked by hand. The tie may then be given its final pressing and it is ready for packing.

We may apply the bar tack stitching by hand or we may assemble the tie in accordance with the invention of the J ack Weisbaurn Patent No, 2,378,671. It makes no difference in the edging and slitting of one or more folds whether the operation is performed from one surface of "3 a fold of two or more folds or the other, the effect is the same.

It will be obvious that when the band is formed during the manufacture of the tie that any number of folds of material may be edged and slitted during one operation. This will be true as long as the back fold is substantially the full width of the tie. Where two folds or more are used to form the band or bar the edging stitches give added strength to the tie preventing the folds from disassembly.

As we have stated, our invention contemplates, during the manufacture of the tie, that a band or bar of adequate width and length be formed in at least that portion of the fold of the large end of the tie at the back, which, when the tie is tied, will provide an adequate retaining means for holding the small end of the tie in position as shown in Figure 12.

If it is desired to apply a label to the tie, this may be stitched to the band portion of the back fold. Also following the plan of making the tie as we have outlined,

4 whether the retaining band is formed in two or more folds depends merely on a simple folding operation and the insertion of the spaced edging stitches after two or more folds are folded over.

Modifications in the plan of the assembly which we have described will readily occur to those skilled in the art. A preferred width for the band is from 3/8 to 3%: inch and a convenient distance from the tip of the large end of the tie is about seven inches but these may be varied to suit particular requirements.

The assembly of the ties normally follows the following method although the steps may be varied for particular requirements.

1st: Cutting out the blank.

2nd: Hemming the ends.

3rd: Pressing the tie blanks with fold lines, bar tacks indicia in accordance with U. S. Patent No. 2,441,654, and indicia for the stitching, edging and slitting of the back fold retaining bands or bars.

4th: Insertion of the edging stitching and slitting in one or more of the back folds of the large end of the tie.

5th: Bar tack stitching operation like that disclosed in U. S. Patent No. 2,378,671 and pulling the blank inside out.

6th: Finish pressing of the assembled tie.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A four-in-hand necktie having a front and back and formed with a broad main outer end and a narrow inner end, integral folds of the front extending from opposite side longitudinal edges of the front forming the back of the tie, one of said folds being outermost and an extension of said outermost fold folded in between the back folds, said outermost back fold and said extension fold having aligned laterally extending spaced slits and edge stitching securing edges of said slitted portions of said back fold and extension together forming a band for securing the narrow inner end of the tie in position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Re. 20,942 Weisbaum Dec. 6, 1938 1,524,126 Gerrets Jan. 27, 1925 1,836,925 Klunk Dec. 15, 1931 1,872,118 Caridis Aug. 16, 1932 2,100,870 Petrie et al Nov. 30, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS 226,440 Germany Oct. 1, 1910 

